Orchidaceae Juss.
Thelymitra mucida Fitzg.
, legitimate, scientific
[Fitzgerald, R.D. (1882), New Australian Orchids. Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser 17(433)]:
495
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"Western Australia."
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3]:
3
[secondary reference]
[Nicholls, W.H. (1935), The sun orchids of Australia. Orchidologia Zeylanica 2(4)]:
160
[secondary reference]
[George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)]:
195
[secondary reference]
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Lectotype:
"Western Australia, Fitzgerald. In Austral. Orch. 2, 2, Fitzgerald cites "Wilson Inlet". At BM there is a sheet labelled "Wilsons Inlet, Sept.", in Fitzgerald's hand, which may be taken as the lectotype. There is an isotype at NSW."
[Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A]:
46
[secondary reference]
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia]:
48-49
[secondary reference]
common name:
Plum Orchid
[n/a]
[Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]:
56
[secondary reference]
[Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4]:
2141
[secondary reference]
[Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2]:
842-843
[secondary reference]
common name:
Plum Orchid
[n/a]
[Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia]:
300
[secondary reference]
common name:
Plum Orchid
[n/a]
[Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1]:
141
[secondary reference]
[Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia]:
160 (map), Fig. 218, Plate 217
[secondary reference]
common name:
Plum orchid
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"The name mucida (mucus), refers to the shining viscid secretion or bloom on the column hood."
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Text:
"Putative hybrids have been reported with T. ixioides, T. nuda, T. pauciflora and possibly with T. antennifera."
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2]:
262
[secondary reference]
common name:
Plum Orchid
[n/a]
[Weber, J.Z. & Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Thelymitra. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2]:
845, Fig. 178i
[secondary reference]
[Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1]:
29, Plate 65
[secondary reference]
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised)]:
262
[secondary reference]
common name:
Plum Orchid
[n/a]
[Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Thelymitra in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3]:
192
[secondary reference]
[Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3]:
68
[secondary reference]
[Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania]:
280
[secondary reference]
common name:
Plum Orchid
[n/a]
[Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2]:
29, Plate 65
[secondary reference]
common name:
Plum Orchid
[n/a]
[Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue]:
91
[secondary reference]
common name:
Plum Orchid
[n/a]
[Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1]:
391
[secondary reference]
common name:
Plum Orchid
[n/a]
[Western Australian Herbarium (2003), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2]:
-
[secondary reference]
[Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7]:
28
[secondary reference]
[Jeanes, J.A. (22 July 2004), A revision of the Thelymitra pauciflora R.Br. (Orchidaceae) complex in Australia. Muelleria 19]:
67-70, Figs 7, 34, 35, Plate 3
[secondary reference]
[Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1]:
202
[secondary reference]
[Bates, R.J. (2006), Orchids of South Australia Edn. 1]:
-
[secondary reference]
[Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia]:
326
[secondary reference]
common name:
Plum orchid
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"mould, alluding to the mould-like bloom on the column"
[Bates, R.J. (20 December 2010), The Thelymitra pauciflora R.Br. complex (Orchidaceae) in South Australia with the description of seven new taxa. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 24]:
28
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Thelymitra orientalis R.J.Bates
legitimate
by [Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4]: 2141
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Thelymitra orientalis R.J.Bates
legitimate
by [Jeanes, J.A. (22 July 2004), A revision of the Thelymitra pauciflora R.Br. (Orchidaceae) complex in Australia. Muelleria 19]: 67-70, Figs 7, 34, 35, Plate 3
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Thelymitra orientalis R.J.Bates
legitimate
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3]:
315
[secondary reference]
common name:
Plum Orchid
[n/a]
[Barker, R.M. & Lang, P.J. (10 July 2012), Name changes associated with the South Australian census of vascular plants for the calendar year 2011. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 25]:
101
[secondary reference]
[de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island]:
103
[secondary reference]
[Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016), Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories]:
49, 101, 108, 119, 134
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
-
APC
[secondary reference]
-
APC Dist.:
WA, SA, Vic, Tas
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Thelymitra lucida Jeanes
legitimate
by [Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1]: 202
[Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3]:
438
[secondary reference]
common name:
Plum Sun Orchid
[n/a]
[Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2]:
246
[secondary reference]
common name:
Plum Orchid
[n/a]
-
Etymology:
"From the Latin mucidus (mouldy), in reference to the bloom on the column giving the appearance of mould."